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Igby Goes Down (2002)
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Many movies strive to capture the confused, yearning spirit of The Graduate or The Catcher in the Rye; Igby Goes Down succeeds. Igby (Kieran Culkin) is a teen struggling to find any purpose or meaning to his life; surrounding him are his tyrant mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman), wealthy and deceitful godfather D.H. (Jeff Goldblum), and cold brother Oliver (Ryan Phillippe)--all of whom have their own problems. While evading being sent to yet another boarding school, Igby seeks solace with two women: Rachel (Amanda Peet), a drug-addicted dancer who's D.H.'s mistress, and Sookie...
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| Igby Goes Down Movie Review by Ezra (4/7/2007) |
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With the exception of Kurt Russell, child stars usually go nowhere when they're no longer "cute". A recent example of this is Macauley Culkin, whose younger brother Kieran has now become an accomplished and successful actor.
In Igby Goes Down, Kieran Culkin (who also starred in this year's The Dangerous Lives of...
(complete Igby Goes Down review by Ezra)
A modern 'catcher in the rye' type tale of snotty upper classes, their snotty offspring and the sexual tension between them all.
This film has a great performance by Keiran Culkin as the titual Igby. We follow him through his whining and desperation. He is a great anti-hero, just like Holden.
Though this cannot live up...
(complete Igby Goes Down review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| Igby Goes Down Movie Review by Andrea (4/14/2006) |
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I caught this one on TV. I didn't have it down to watch but I remembered the title and Claire Danes being in it so I gave it a shot. I don't have much to say about it. I was getting tired as it was past 1a.m. but it kept my interest. I wanted Susan to have a bigger part.. I've always liked her on screen.. the other actors...
(complete Igby Goes Down review by Andrea)
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